PC Build for 3d modeling and gaming

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $167 shipped after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $320
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $130 (I use ripjawsX; very stable)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $110
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $120 after rebate; 5 year warranty
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $295 shipped after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $155 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $40 after rebate
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $21 shipped (I use a lighted keyboard; $25 on amazon, but light has to be on all the time due to blue background)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $100

Total: about $1448 after rebates

I was all set to recommend a xeon cpu and board, but the memory issues and board compromises made me switch back to a standard system.

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey

sounds awesome, is this what you own?
and also, I was going to use this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&li...
video series to guide me thru the process of assembling, how does the build you showed differ from that of newegg's in terms of assembling the actual computer?

Also, what hard drive would work with this build?